Chapter 604: Fruit Shell CEO (I)
Not to mention how many new users have been brought to it by the thanks of Time Games, and how much krypton money has been made by old users. In the global market, Guoke mobile phones have shown their due domineering. Whether it is in terms of topic popularity or actual sales of mobile phones, they have crushed Apple mobile phones in the same period. This is also the result of the fact that the IPhone has been released for a long time and the freshness of users has decreased.
Fortunately, Guoke has 10 million stocks this time, and it was originally going to insist on 1~2 months, during which the supply will be adjusted according to the sales volume, which may not be possible from the current speed. Of course, this is also because the advertising campaign of more than one billion dollars in the whole year has played a great role, since the king status has been established, there will not be so much advertising from next year, and the follow-up sales should not be as exaggerated as now. After all, this is the end of the year, and many companies purchase and use the fruit shell as a year-end bonus, which has increased sales. Especially technology companies, I heard that Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Amazon, etc. are ready to purchase Fruit Shell mobile phones in large quantities, Time and Friends, Famp; amp; Company F will also purchase a batch, and even Disney will purchase a lot. At this time, the Guoke mobile phone is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the United States.
However, there are still many problems with the husk, and the main sales are concentrated in countries and regions with mature markets, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, and in Latin America, Africa, Central and Eastern European countries, and South Asia. In China's high-end mobile phone market, it is on par with the IPhone, and it should be said that it is higher than the iPhone with the support of the operator, but it is not much higher than the relative effort. At this time, Zhou Shi's idea of finding a foreign CEO for Guoke still existed, and Chinese CEOs, especially professional managers, did not say that they were not capable, but that they had no experience, and that there was some implicit discrimination. As for why he didn't promote from within Guoke Mobile, just think about it, most of the previous employee executives were hired by Rubinstein, who was just a vice president of Apple, and the employees he found were ...... It's not that Zhou Shi doesn't give himself a chance, the rapid development of Guoke is destined to have little time to wait for the growth of his own people. After a long time of selection, Zhou Shi had two candidates. One is Carly Fiorina and the other is Meg Whitman. Both of these are well-known female CEOs in Silicon Valley, the former is the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, and is known as the culprit who brought down HP. The latter is the CEO of eBay and has created the legend of eBay. One is good at being passionate and the other is approachable. What they have in common now is that they ran for governor of California at the same time this year, and what they have in common in the future may be that they have both been CEOs of Hewlett-Packard. Of course, this is under the condition that Zhou Shi does not interfere.
At the same time, Guoke mobile phone is still planning to go public, and at this time it is rumored to hire a CEO, which has naturally attracted widespread attention in the industry around the world. Zhou Shi and Feng Xing made an appointment with these two people at this time.
At this time, the governor of California has been selected, and 72-year-old Jerry Brown will succeed Schwarzenegger as the oldest governor of California. Two female candidates were unsurprisingly defeated.
"Why do we want such an expensive CEO?" Feng Xing was a little resistant to both of them.
"What is the role of the CEO? If it is a normal development, I think the existing employee system can actually support the development of the company. "Zhou Shi
"Both women are Republicans, but Oguanhai ......." Feng Xing
"Yes and no, we don't have to take sides, we are positioned as an international company, as long as we have good relations with both parties. The relationship between these two female CEOs in the United States is what we need, which can avoid a lot of unnecessary conflicts. "Zhou Shi, most of Guoke's patents are used for defense rather than offense, and with the huge interests will definitely cause coveting, even now, the rapid development of Guoke has given up venture capital and chose to go public, there are still many domestic and foreign financial institutions want to get a piece of the pie. Obviously, the performance is many times stronger than HTC, and these people actually want to push the current valuation level of Guoke to below $30 billion and close to HTC, which Zhou Shi will never allow.
Whatever their considerations, the husk didn't take the call. The financial statements for 2010 will be released in November or December, and the fiscal year for this fiscal year will be calculated from October 1 of last year to the end of September of this year. In fact, Zhou Shi also saw the approximate data, the sales of mobile phones are about 30 million units, and the shell pad is only 6 million, and the lack of sales channels and consumer enthusiasm have decreased with the launch of the iPad, making the sales of the shell pad lower than expected. A simple calculation of revenue would show that there would be about $16 billion in revenue this fiscal year, which is only about a quarter of Apple's revenue and almost about the same as their profits. If you compare Apple's revenue valuation to calculate, the market value of Guoke should also be around $60 billion.
Zhou Shi wants to hire Carly Fiorina or Meg Whitman, in addition to preventing possible legal disputes and avoiding special care, but also to avoid undervaluation on the side of Xiangjiang, if it is less than $50 billion, then the incoming CEO will promote Guoke to list on the Nasdaq or the main board of New York.
"That's it for us, I'm looking forward to your joining!" Zhou Shi, he didn't give conditions that were difficult to refuse, compared to other companies. In the rapid development of the enterprise, looking for a CEO for yourself, although the power is not destined to be very large, but there is a high probability of success, can write a perfect resume for yourself. It's a pity that Meg Whitman, who has just experienced a successful professional experience, did not accept Zhou Shi's conditions, and after being rejected for more rights, the two parties could only say goodbye. This time I met with Carly Fiorina, and there are still many doubts about her from the outside world. To be honest, HP's failure is the trend of the times, and all computer companies in the world are facing the same crisis, and it is almost impossible to succeed without transformation. What is the future of a traditional technology company that does not work overtime and has a reflex arc many times longer than Microsoft, Google, and Apple?
"What kind of husk do you want?" Carly Fiorina (I don't know what she did after leaving HP, so I'll ignore it here) is interested and hopes to succeed with the help of the husk platform, but it also depends on the situation.
"I hope to get a high-tech hardware company similar to Apple, so that technology can add more excitement to life!" Zhou Shi
"So the culture of the husk: what about the useless?" said Carly Fiorina
"It's not a conflict, it's useless for us to open up a niche market and make it trendy. For example, our current action cameras, as well as the DJI drone company we are planning to acquire..... "Zhou Shi, that's right, he finally decided to buy DJI to create a new profit point for Guoke. Whether it is before or after the listing of the fruit shell, he can accept it. Wan Tao, who has not fully grown up, does not have much resistance, and Zhou Shi also promised to give him the right to operate independently and equity incentives.
"Drones?husk in the military field?" said Carly Fiorina curiously
"No, it's a mass consumer product, and it's very cool with our action camera," Zhou Shi
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